Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-05
TIERS FROM LEADERS.
wall = Known Prohibi-
r., Advocates on the
Outlook.

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mist Advocates on the
Outlook.
rrom Letters Addressed to the
an, Conference Meeting in
New York City.
in, rom Joseph Cook, Green
E,.7 Smith, Prof Hopkins,
and Others.
:, Cook: 81 am in full sympathy
a',nnouncea objects of the Cooper
meeting of Prohibition;sts, and
,on.y that my present duties pre-
s'N tendance. This note l am
like George, Immediately after
~ ,nre toar ia the West and South,
', trn,h recollections of the audi
,1t ard the many conversations l
ps'enr the spots of the martyrdom
al; aud Gnmbrell. The apathy
u' ral public in presence of these
zion, is amazing and portentous.
fail, however. to prove true that
oi the martyrs will be the seed of
reforms. The liquor traffic,
IS more money behind it than
Er,r hid, is becoming as murder
Fi,yery was. 1t will perish, as
n il its own lawlessness. When
Traffic takes the nation by the
Int, perhaps, not until then, we
lib the taroat and break its
half century of bitter ex.
taught us that the shifting
Of mpromise were no ade-
import for our feet in the con-
ii slavery. When the life and
rgele begins between law and or
he one hand and the liquor traffic
l.er, we shall be forced to plant
:, not on the treacherous footing
L!reuse, but on the rock of Pro-
Ii a license law is on tie statute
As friend of law and order, will
spcute it; but, SO help me Heaven,
never vote, to license either the
op or the bro;hel. In great cities
ed saloon. the gamblers den and
clgo together. AS Herrick John
said Low license asks for your
iii License for your daughter also.
giving legal responsibility to an in
,rai.ic, High License intrenches
or power behind the cupidity of
AYERS. We have all lived to see
tion of slavery, and it is not in-
that some of us may live TO see
ster evil, the liquor traffic, made
by both State and national en-
", Fl. BooLE, New York: "The
murders of the Christian Prohibi-
tus, Haddock and Gambrell, the
lion of DR.. Northup, and attempt
h of young Frank G. Smith; all
owing close on to the heels of
pr ought to arouse the Christian
especially to flame of righteous
on and determination. The army
tiers of the Christian denomina-
mo longer afford to DO silent or
" with the political parties that
Essedly the pronounced advocates
|nlish liquor traffic, the melting
these crimes. And unless these
Of morality and religion openly
smselves as the outspoken sup
ithe only political party commit
work of oyerthrowing by the
liable method-the ballot-the
Ter. they will justly be held as
with completely in the great
lime. These nre glorious times
exhibition of Christian heroism,
truth, principle and right. This
sror an advance of the forces. If
OF consistent for 400 Christian
to pass in review for the inspec-
|e Presidential candidate of one
d greet their hero with loud words
endation and devotion. it would
more glorious spectacle, one of
oral significance and Importance,
|ny Of our ministers to lift high
per of national prohibition, and
Ence and effort for the success of
lty with pure candidates.
CLAY SMITH, Prohibition candi-
President in 1876: Eleven years
b I had the honor of leading the
pn party as Presidential candi-
we're deemed SO insignificant that
lon was paid us by either of the
parties. The vote received had
rs =, effect upon the result of the
The same was true in 1880; but
'e $50, 900 votes, and the termina-
Pc election made somebody mad,
perfectly satisfied the results of
produce a general howl through
olntry. The South will
right place, and, we believe, will
MS glo ious reform. The North
PIX we'll to her laurels. Twenty
ago her armed forces marched
ur territory and abolished our IA
Tuition Of slavery. 1t has made
Ct, greater, better, and more en-
Inc next turn of the wheel of
Ill be for US, and if the North
10 her duty, the forces of the
sned with the beautiful and
y doctrines of prohibition, and a
on strong, will plant their ban
very hilltop and in every valley of
and make her free in order that
'aSe a solid Union and but one
q united people, and all free. I"
|1 ~. bLAcKMER, Prohibition can
Lieutenant Governor of Massa-
1886, and editor of the Public
1[hsheld, Mass: "There's pro-
u0ader all around the sky. The
mat our cause is steadily and
P ali IN volume and power are
,e'e and undeniable. y y
v always measure in advance the
tussrees in the past. We have
Ias IN great movements there
eohes a crisis which deties COM
W. which converts what had been
zephyr into a cyclone; when
;sattcplng the cause strides; when
H.. oofn IN a day.. The indica-
1al such q crisis is near at hand.
t sa are not ready for it. Their
. nS: VIII be scattered like cha1f
~ " n The fate we will not
'Ae liquor traffic is doomed.